What assessment has the Cabinet Secretary made of the recommendations of the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death report Making the Cut: A review of the care received by patients undergoing surgery for Crohn’s disease?
The Welsh Government funds the National Clinical Audit and Outcome Review Programme to support the NHS in Wales to deliver quality improvement actions.
The overall programme includes the Medical and Surgical Clinical Outcome Review Programme, which reported on the surgical care of people with Crohn’s Disease treated between 1 September 2019 to 29 February 2020 and 1 September 2020 to 28 February 2021.
My officials considered the recommendations in July 2023 and wrote to medical directors of health boards on 27 July 2023 asking organisations to share the recommendations with local clinical teams. Health boards are required to consider recommendations as part of their local quality and safety processes and to take forward any required actions.